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APPG Inquiry : The Drivers of Small Business Productivity
Professor Mark Hart was invited to present oral evidence to the inquiry on 9th July at the House of Commons
State of Small Business Britain Conference
On June 10th the Centre hosted its inaugural ‘State of Small Business Britain’ Conference at the ACC Liverpool as part of the International Festival for Business 2014.
THE BIG CITIES GROWTH DILEMMA
NEW DATA FROM ENTERPRISE RESEARCH CENTRE AND GROWTHACCELERATOR REVEALS START-UP SURVIVAL RATES ARE LOWEST IN BRITAIN’S BIG CITIES BUT CITY START-UPS THAT DO SURVIVE, GROW STRONGEST JUNE 10, 2014 – LONDON The Enterprise Research Centre (ERC), Britain’s foremost SME growth and entrepreneurship research centre, in partnership with GrowthAccelerator, has undertaken unique analysis of all 39 Local… Read more
Innovation or Imitation: Which boosts growth in recession?
Innovation or Imitation: Which boosts growth in recession?
Rebuilding SME’s confidence to borrow
March 2014 A new report from the Enterprise Research Centre (ERC) sheds more light on ‘discouraged borrowers’ – a previously under-explored group of SMEs who choose not to seek bank finance because they believe they will be unsuccessful. The report, ‘Back to Borrowing? Perspectives on the ‘Arc of Discouragement’, identifies a group of around 173,000… Read more
ERC Academic Awarded Queens Award for Enterprise Promotion
Professor Mark Hart has been awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise for ‘changing the world of enterprise research, policy and practice.’
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